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Art Criticism for Art’s Sake (ft. Michael Clune)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Michael Clune joins…

The Myth of the Independent Girlboss

Inez Stepman

Is the independent girlboss dead? Maybe she never existed to begin with. The release of Lindy West’s…

Boomer–Zoomer Housing War

Carmel Richardson

When I heard the price the retired man was asking for his home, a full $80,000 over…

From Male to Man

Gerald McDermott

Nicholas Tobias (a pseudonym) had already finished a master’s degree in history at Oxford and was wrapping…

Not So Evil Empire

Peter J. Leithart

Reformed thinkers have recently been debating whether or not civil officials should endorse Christianity and promote and…

What the Wall Street Journal Didn’t Print

George Weigel

On March 21, the Wall Street Journal published a lengthy profile of the pope as its “Saturday…

Dawn of a New Pre-Christian West 

Iben Thranholm

Across the Western world, especially in France, Britain, and the United States, we are seeing a remarkable…

The Disappearance of Rational Control (ft. Harvey Mansfield)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Harvey C. Mansfield…

Canada’s Offensive Secularism

Simone M. Sepe

On March 25, the Canadian House of Commons voted to repeal the good faith religious opinion defense…

A Win for Christian Counselors and Religious Liberty

Jonathon Van Maren

In a resounding victory for religious liberty on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8–1 in Chiles…

What Drag Queens and Blackface Have in Common

Carl R. Trueman

My new book, The Desecration of Man, emerged from something I had noticed while researching questions...

Turned Away on Palm Sunday

Andrew Cusack

In politics, diplomacy, war, or pretty much any field of human interaction, one must contend not only…

Timothée Chalamet Is Right About Art (ft. Suzy Weiss)

Virginia Aabram Germán S. Díaz del Castillo

In this episode, co-founder and reporter for the Free Press, Suzy Weiss, joins Virginia and Germán to…

A Medieval Pilgrimage in Modern Assisi

Jason M. Baxter

When you go to the hilltop town of Assisi, you’re immediately struck by how medieval it is:…

Canterbury and the Collapse of Anglican Unity

Mouneer Anis

For more than a century, the archbishop of Canterbury has been regarded as primus inter pares, the “first…